“Why do you say that?” Gregory was confused. “Is it poisonous if we eat it now?”
Lord Voodoo shook his head. “It has nothing to do with poison! When we eat the fruit, the energy contained inside it will clash with our energy. Therefore, after eating the fruit, there will be a period when we’ll lose all of our power and won’t be able to fight at all.”
“Don’t forget that we’re still in Eastcliff territory. It’s already dangerous enough for us to even be here. Things would only become even more perilous for us if we became powerless too.”
Gregory and Macon both nodded in realization.
“You’re right,” Gregory said. “We should leave this place at once and find a safe place to hide before we eat this fruit.”
Macon tightened his grip around the bottle in his hand as favonovel.com commented darkly, “I hope Larson stays alive a little longer. I want to kill favonovel.com myself!”
The sun was slowly beginning to rise. The three men didn’t dare to stick around any longer. They began journeying north under the cover of the forest.
***
It was morning at Eastcliff.
Matthew was having breakfast in the dining room when Melvin came rushing in through the door.
“Something terrible has happened, Matty!”
Melvin announced gravely. His expression was grim as well.
Matthew was startled. He had never seen Melvin this anxious before.
‘What happened?’
“What is it?” Matthew asked.
Melvin took a deep breath and said, “The Damrons put out a statement that they’re going to go all out to kill you! Not only that, but they even halted the engagement ceremony with the Nolans and are sending a large number of their people over to Eastcliff.”
“They’ve sworn to kill you! Based on my estimate, the Damrons will be arriving in Eastcliff this afternoon!”
Matthew’s eyes widened. “Why is this happening? Didn’t Aurelius give us a written guarantee? Why are the Damrons still coming after us? What are they trying to do?”
“Aurelius said that after you released them last night, you hid your face and went after them again,” Melvin explained gravely. “You killed his Uncle Falconn, so the Damrons are here to take revenge!”
Matthew was completely stupefied. “W-What on earth are they saying? W-When did I kill Falconn? Why are they avenging him? I came right back to Lakeside Garden after everything that happened last night and I didn’t step foot outside at all. When did I go after them?”
“Exactly! That’s the thing,” Melvin continued. “I suspect that someone disguised themselves as you and attacked them to frame you!”
Matthew felt a chill down his spine. This possibility just occurred to favonovel.com as well.
“Are you saying that Macon and his gang are behind this?” Matthew asked quietly.
Melvin nodded slowly. “It’s possible! Those three are cunning men. Gregory is also an expert Face Changer, while Lord Voodoo has all sorts of peculiar charms and curses. One of them can disguise himself as you and kill Falconn!”
Matthew’s face darkened. “The Orleanians have something called a Mimicking Charm that can be used to mimic other people’s voices. If they combine that with Gregory’s Face Changer ability to disguise one of them as me, then Aurelius wouldn‘t be able to notice that it’s just a disguise…”
“Seems to me that they are indeed the ones behind this! Those three insidious b*stards!”
Melvin sighed helplessly. “It was the same with Jasper Damron, and now it’s happening again with Falconn Damron. Matthew, it was easy enough to sort out the incident with Jasper, but it won’t be as easy with Falconn! The Damrons even halted the engagement ceremony with the Nolans. They’re determined to kill you!”
Matthew’s brows were tightly furrowed. He knew very well that favonovel.com was in a messy situation this time.
Just then, Melvin’s phone buzzed.
He checked his phone and frowned. “Falconn’s body is missing?”
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